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Evangelical roundup for May 12, 2022

John Fea   |  May 12, 2022

What is happening in Evangelical land?

The New York Times reports on how Trumpism divided an Arkansas church. Veteran religion writer Terry Mattingly responds to the piece.

Shane turning guns into tools:

I’ll be in Connecticut this weekend and in Savannah, GA the first week of June turning guns into garden tools. Let me know if you have a firearm you’d like to decommission: SC@redletterchristians.org https://t.co/kPsMDQRHt8

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) May 10, 2022

It appears that The New York Times is not the only major outlet covering political divides within evangelical churches. Tim Alberta’s piece at The Atlantic is part of the same genre.

A political candidate brings-up the Azusa Street Revival:

I don't think I've heard a political candidate bring up the Azusa Street revival before.

And I don't know why Tim James, running for governor in Alabama and asked if he was going to apologize for calling people in Va "a freak show," brought it up here. https://t.co/AxFoo9ikqy pic.twitter.com/HKKnZWBnIb

— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) May 11, 2022

Mark Noll visits the Holy Post to talk about the scandal of the evangelical mind.

A Christian college professor’s critique of evangelical centrism.

Repent!:

Every evangelical leader who said in the last couple years that there is good moral reason to vote Democrat should publicly repent.

How many Christians were convinced they could vote Democrat with a good conscience by books like this @9marks one?

This book didn't age well! pic.twitter.com/NWNKooZgYz

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) May 11, 2022

Russell Moore on pro-life advocacy and “tribal loyalty.”

On singing Bethel Church worship songs while disagreeing with Bethel Church’s theology.

Evangelical pro-lifers are getting donations.

Blast from the past:

An evangelical theologian reflects on “my evangelicalism.”

Tim Keller is still taking heat from certain sectors of conservative evangelicalism:

People need to stop telling lies on Tim Keller in an attempt to discredit his views. It’s a classless move. You can disagree with his views/ideas without bearing false witness about an individual’s particular actions. https://t.co/yhWOPJw3PU

— Anthony Bradley (@drantbradley) May 11, 2022

This is a good response to the "Goodbye Tim Keller" kerfuffle.

But mostly I'm wildly jealous of the headline. https://t.co/Vf4ALIwGUA

— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) May 11, 2022

Evangelicals love evangelicals in sports.

The “Conservative Resurgence” lives!:

Thankful to hear @jackngraham talk about fostering a new day in theological education bringing a great new era as the fruit of the Conservative Resurgence for which he labored. @swbts is the seminary to lead it. pic.twitter.com/qPEQW3Qnbz

— Bart Barber (@bartbarber) May 11, 2022

Jacobin tackles Pentecostal politics.

Conservative evangelicals are fired-up about the recent Senate vote on Roe:

Tell me again how it’s all “political.”

One is clearly the party of death. https://t.co/a40kQlC85s

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) May 11, 2022

And of course Satan is involved:

Not today Satan 🙅🏼‍♂️https://t.co/NECJZuVaXj

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) May 11, 2022

When taken to its logical conclusion this is theocracy:

It’s not POLITICAL.

It’s BIBLICAL.

Stop with the excuses already!

Preach the FULL gospel — even if it offends those with a political spirit. #HoldTheLine

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) May 11, 2022

The Apple that Fell Far from the Pro-Life Tree: Senator Bob Casey Jr. Promises to Support Senate Abortion in Major Moral Shift from Political Life and Legacy of His Late Father — Gov. Robert Casey as in “Casey Decision” #TheBriefing https://t.co/m1TtRVmplp

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) May 11, 2022

‘Safe, Legal, and Don’t Tell Your Parents’: Senate Democrats Set Vote Today on Bill That Would Codify Roe v. Wade as the Law of the Land #TheBriefing https://t.co/m1TtRVmplp

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) May 11, 2022

Today the Senate failed to codify abortion nationwide with a 49-51 vote. This means nearly half of America’s deliberative body voted to legalize the death of innocent healthy babies.

Church, U.S. citizens, elections matter.

— John Wesley Reid (@johnwesleyreid) May 11, 2022

Karen Swallow Prior on being pro-life.

The Don Wildmon Center for Cultural Engagement:

Excited to see how God uses the new Don Wildmon Center for Cultural Transformation to continue @AmericanFamAssc’s commitment to faithful Christian engagement in American culture. Thankful for their decades of partnership with @FRCdc. pic.twitter.com/HFTWt9rbWs

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) May 11, 2022

Why are so many Latino’s leaving the Democratic Party? Katherine Stewart argues that conservative evangelicalism has something to do with it.

Metaxas in Vegas promoting a Dinesh D’Souza Big Lie film. He trashes Fox News for not promoting this film.

As far as the Fox News thing (mentioned above) goes:

.@DineshDSouza says Fox News is being hypocritical. The network complained about past media suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story but D'Souza says, "They're doing exactly the same thing to 2000 Mules."

For Real News➡https://t.co/cUOaVsjAMO#TheWaterCooler @DBrodyReports pic.twitter.com/iVmAvwxU5A

— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) May 11, 2022

Eric Metaxas takes on Russell Moore.

An evangelical philanthropist is going to jail.

Rod Dreher criticizes David French’s defense of Tim Keller.

Essentially the director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center means that the Gospel will lead you to fight the culture war on his side. This is what we mean by the political captivity of the church:

Do you have to choose between faithfulness to the Gospel and engaging in the culture wars? No. As a matter of fact, being faithful to the Gospel will put you right in the crosshairs of the culture wars.@RHelfenbein pic.twitter.com/NXbalaYig4

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) May 10, 2022

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